Executive Body
ASHOTYAN ARMEN
RPA Vice President
Date and Place of Birth
July 25, 1975, Yerevan
1998, graduation from the Yerevan State Medical Institute’s Therapy Department
2000, degree in forensic medicine obtained from the YSMI Medical Teaching Department
2005, graduation from the Moscow School of Political Sciences at the Council of Europe
1999-2003, speaker of YSMI Students’ Parliament
2002-2005, assistant to YSMI Rector
2003, assistant lecturer at the YSMI Biochemistry Faculty
2003-2005, chairman of the Youth Branch of the Republican Party of Armenia
2005, adviser to YSMI Rector
2005-2007, Member of Parliament, member of NA standing commission on health care, social and environmental issues, member of RPA parliamentary faction
2007, Member of Parliament, elected off the proportional list of the RPA
2008, head of NA standing commission on science, education and youth affairs
2009-2016, Minister of Education and Science
June 16, 2012, re-appointed to the post of Minister of Education and Science.
From April 26, 2014 re-elected Minister of Education and Science.
A presidential decree was issued on May 8, 2013 to re-appoint him to Minister of Education and Science.
A presidential decree was issued on April 26, 2014 to re-elect him to Minister of Education and Science.
Candidate of medical sciences, author of over two dozens of research works and papers. The first collection of poems by A. Ashotyan was published in 2004.
RPA Board Member since November 28, 2009 (12th congress of the RPA)
Married, has two children.